The exhibition, curated by Igor Nastic, a primary school teacher and MUSEC collaborator, showcases the outcome of a three-year pedagogical and artistic project. In the exhibition, in fact, the works of Nastic’s pupils, who attend the Giubiasco Primary School, ‘dialogue’ with works by the artist Serge Brignoni and with works from his collection of ethnic art exhibited at MUSEC. For the occasion, the museum lent three masterpieces from Oceania and Africa, normally displayed in the Heleneum rooms. The first work is a kpelie mask from the Ivory Coast, part of a disguise worn during dances at initiations by the exclusive male Poro society, responsible for social control and instruction in religious knowledge and the knowledge of forest spirits. The kpelie was also used in funeral rituals and in ceremonies of thanksgiving to the ancestors for a good harvest. Also, on display are two works from Papua New Guinea: a teket, a large sculpture in the shape of traditional ceremonial seats that embodied spirits or clan ancestors, and a pal, a sculpture depicting a hornbill, an animal of great importance in the Abelam culture. This sculpture was customarily hung below the frieze ends of the façade of a ceremonial house, the centre of worship activities and social events. The exhibition is the result of collaboration between the City of Bellinzona, Bellinzona Turismo, MUSEC and the Serge and Graciela Brignoni-Aranis Foundation of Bern; and with the support of the Dr. Hans Dietler-Kottmann Foundation of Lugano.